by Gemma Melvill | Aug 8, 2018 | Law and Policy, News, Opinion |
The much anticipated revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) finally emerged into the light of day on 24 July 2018, on the very last day of Parliamentary business in Westminster. Associated planning practice guidance was published on the same day, although...
by Gemma Melvill | Jun 15, 2018 | Law and Policy, Opinion |
The European Court of Justice (CECJ) issued a ruling in April on a dispute concerning the impact on freshwater pearl mussel of a proposed electricity cable serving a wind farm in the Republic of Ireland. The ECJ ruling on this seemingly esoteric case has caused a...
by Gemma Melvill | May 10, 2018 | Law and Policy, Opinion |
Proposed revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework There’s been a lot of domestic ‘news’ in the past couple of months. The Salisbury poisoning, late winter freeze and subsequent heatwave, the gender pay gap, Facebook data management, the Windrush...
by Gemma Melvill | May 10, 2018 | Law and Policy, Opinion |
There was much discussion about the EIA Regulations last year. Amendments to the European Directive, intended to ‘simplify and harmonise’ procedures were discussed and debated and finally drawn down, for England, into the 2017 EIA Regulations (The Town and Country...
by Pippa Cope | May 10, 2018 | Law and Policy, Opinion |
In January Theresa May pledged to eradicate all avoidable plastic waste in the UK by 2042. The commitment was part of the government’s 25-year plan to improve the natural environment. A week later came the European Commission announcement of targets to cut...
by Pippa Cope | May 10, 2018 | Law and Policy |
We often take calls at Landmark from homeowners who have been told by their local planning authority that a bat survey must be submitted as part of a domestic planning application, such as for a small-scale development involving house improvement, extension or roof...
